Anchor
7.9#2 in classroom management softwareFrom €24 a monthFree planWebAPIExtensionSelf-hosted
VisitAnchor vs Veyon
What both publish
| Fact | Anchor | Veyon |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | The maker describes Anchor as classroom software made by teachers for schools using managed or bring-your-own-device Windows laptops. | The maker describes Veyon as intended for students, teachers, and educational institutions. |
| Integrations | The teacher page names Microsoft 365, Smartschool, and GeoGebra as selectable bundles; sign-in uses existing school Microsoft accounts. | Veyon supports LDAP and Active Directory, with commercial add-ons for Microsoft Entra ID and dynamic network discovery. |
| Licence | Anchor is released under the GPL-3.0 licence and is self-hostable. | The core project is released under the GNU General Public License version 2. |
| Purpose | Anchor lets a teacher run a classroom focus session where student Windows laptops enforce an allowlist of apps and websites, with off-list activity shown live on a dashboard. | Veyon provides classroom management tools for teachers, school authorities, and IT administrators. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.7 out of 5 from 30 reviews, but the opened G2 profile is for Anchor FM podcast hosting rather than Plink Labs classroom Anchor. | 4.6 out of 5 from 5 reviews |
| Security and privacy | Anchor observes only during an active teacher-started session and does not record on-allowlist work, keystrokes, page contents, screenshots, passwords, or browsing outside sessions. | The privacy policy says personal-data processing follows GDPR and that Veyon Solutions has technical and organisational safeguards, while warning that internet transmission cannot be absolutely secure. |
| Self-hosting | Each school runs its own backend in its own Azure subscription, and Plink Labs says it operates no backend and receives no student data. | The product runs directly on endpoint computers and can be deployed on an organisation’s own infrastructure without a required cloud service. |
Anchor plans
- AnchorFree
- Anchor softwareFree
- Azure hosting estimate€24 a month
- Azure hosting estimate with larger database€43 a month
Veyon plans
- Veyon CoreFree
- Veyon Core FreeFree
- Commercial add-onsPriced on request
Pick Anchor if…
Anchor suits people who want activity monitoring, web filtering, and device controls for supported Windows devices. It may not suit readers who need live screen viewing or behavior tracking.
Pick Veyon if…
Veyon suits teachers and educational institutions managing Windows or Linux workstations, as well as IT administrators overseeing school computers. Its own-infrastructure option may suit organizations that do not want a mandatory cloud dependency.